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yo yadevapratikṛtiṁ pratiṣṭhāpayati priye | sa tallokamvāpnoti bhogānapi tadudbhavān || iṣṭakāgṛhadāne tu tasmāchhtaguṇaṁ phalam | tato'yutaguṇaṁ puṇyam śilagṛahapradānataḥ || 25 ||

Lord Śri Sadāśiva said: O Dear Devi! The person who does pratiṣṭhā, which is the science of breathing life into matter and making a specific living form of Divine or Deity, he attains the abode of that very Deity and experiences the enjoyments of that abode. By donating a temple made of bricks, one resides in the heavenly abode for thousand crore years multiplied by hundred times. By donating a temple made of stones, one attains the Divine merit (puṇya) which is ten thousand times more. ~ mahānirvaṇatantraṁ, trayodaśa ullāsa